After ten days of rest, Li Er rarely had to take a break without going to work. He was discussing with the queen whether he would leave the palace for a walk today, but an uninvited guest came. He was not someone else, but Du Shaoqing, who had caused a lot of trouble in Chang'an recently.

Li Er looked at the son-in-law's face and said, "I don't want to be disturbed by political affairs today. You kid should be more tactful and said something I like to listen to."

The queen pushed her husband aside and smiled and said to Du Shaoqing: "Shaoqing is here just right. I am worried about His Majesty. I have a rare time to rest. Should I go out to the palace and go for a walk? But after thinking about Chang'an, there are no new scenery or things.

You have always been smart and smart, please help me learn more.”

Of course, Du Shaoqing heard that it was his mother-in-law helping, and asked with a smile: "It is midsummer, and lotus flowers bloom on the Qujiang Pond in Chang'an City, why not go to the lake to visit?"

"I can also raft in this palace, and the poems and tours of the lake every year in Qujiangchi are all clichés, so I won't go!" Li Er was dissatisfied.

"Then why not take a few days off and go to Taiyi Mountain to escape the summer heat?"

"The country's affairs are heavy, how can I greedy for comfort and enjoyment and slack off?" Li Er said seriously.

I……

Du Shaoqing realized that this father-in-law was trying to get some trouble, and he must have been deliberately making things difficult for him.

Seeing that the son-in-law stopped talking, Li Er issued an order to expel him and said, "If you don't have a good idea, then hurry up and go back and handle the marriage at home, don't disturb my good mood."

"Hi! No wonder you saw that I was wrong as soon as you entered the door. It turned out to be for this? Dahu's marriage was really not something that I deliberately caused a stir. I wanted to be low-key, but the woman was too difficult to find, so I had to make some noise..." Du Shaoqing quickly explained.

Li Er waved his hand and said, "Du Dahu is a hero. I am not a stingy person. I have no intention of blame. You can handle it well and set a date. I will also send someone a gift."

"Then the son-in-law thanked Dahu's father-in-law for Dahu."

"Okay, let's get back."

Du Shaoqing:...I haven't said anything seriously yet.

"I said, I won't talk about political affairs today, come again tomorrow!"

"Why I have another idea about traveling."

Queen Changsun looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "Your Majesty always thinks that this son-in-law has come very little. When someone comes today, you are banging out? I don't know what this is for?"

Li Er snorted, "It must be no small matter to let this kid leave his family's marriage. There is no intelligence in the court. He is going to come up with something wrong, but I finally got half a day of leisure...

You boy don’t know how to be filial to the elderly?”

Du Shaoqing suddenly realized and admired him. He had already guessed it without saying a word. It turns out that the older he is, the more demon he is, the more evil he is.

"The son-in-law wants to build a large sports field in Chang'an City, surrounded by stands, lawns and runways in the middle, and can hold racecourses, football matches and other events that I invented. People can participate in the onlookers, and it will definitely be very lively.

I'm just afraid that some people will be exhausted, so..."

Li Er's eyes lit up. The theater built by this kid before was very good and very popular, so the sports field would definitely not be bad. So he nodded immediately and said, "Doing the people and losing money? No, it's all your money. The treasury can't pay a penny, and it can't hurt money. The people can still make money and benefit. It's great.

Then do it like this, go quickly!”

Puff... Du Shaoqing wanted to vomit blood, so I said something, "It's not enough to lose money and effort, I don't even have a good face, so I'll drive me away?"

There is no way, and people who have to ask for help must be humble. Du Shaoqing said with a bitter face: "I will pay all the money, just treat it as a filial piety to my father-in-law and mother-in-law and contribute to Chang'an.

But after I paid so much money at once, you have to give me a chance to say something, right?"

Empress Changsun smiled and advised, "Why should your Majesty make things difficult for a child? Shaoqing has always been selfless. It must be a state affairs if he can look for you in such a hurry.

You two talk. Let’s go to Shaoqing’s house today to see Lizhi and her two children. I’ll make arrangements now.”

Du Shaoqing gave this caring mother-in-law a big thumbs up in her heart. Looking at her unhappy father-in-law, Du Shaoqing went straight to the point and said, "I want to conquer Goguryeo today!

I've...

Well? No, you are not surprised? Have you guessed it? It's impossible..."

Li Erbiao glanced at the other party and cursed: "You guy is so crazy, how can I not know? I have been fighting for more than 20 years since the rebellion in Taiyuan to the present. Do you think I can hide it from me?

The reason why the troops and horses are before they move are known is that even a general knows that since winter, your Du family chamber of commerce has been mobilizing supplies to the northeast. In the past six months, you have tried every means to bring Qin Huaidao, Cheng Chumo, Xue Rengui and other noble children to the northeast. I have long known what you are thinking about.

So today, I will know why you came."

Du Shaoqing smiled embarrassedly, "Those little thoughts have been guessed."

"Not only that, through your material allocation and the fighter planes that want to destroy Goguryeo, I have already decided that you will come to fight ten days before and after."

"I'm convinced, your ability is even better than Laojun's observation of Master Yuan Tian!" Du Shaoqing was convinced. This old father-in-law's keen sense of war was really something that ordinary people could do.

Li Er smiled slightly, looked at Du Shaoqing and said, "Haha, I have thought about whether you will kill first and then report, and if you don't come to me, then what if you do?"

Du Shaoqing was like a cat with a trampled tail, "How is that possible?

How dare I make a decision privately when the two countries go to war? Without His Majesty’s approval to privately voluntarily, I have no brains that I can cut down."

"Then why don't you ask me for instructions when you mobilize food and grass and accumulate strength?" Li Er deliberately made things difficult for him.

"This...if not, this can be explained by the Du Family Chamber of Commerce's assistance to the soldiers guarding the border, etc., at least it did not violate the Tang Dynasty's law.

Of course, Your Majesty, you see that we are all ready. Goguryeo is like the meat that comes to your mouth, why not eat it? So everything is ready in this battle, and only His Majesty can order this east wind to be given."

Du Shaoqing stood with his hands down and looked at Emperor Li Er carefully. He could not figure out whether his decisive first and then report would touch the bottom line of an emperor. But if he made a big move, even if he destroyed the country, it would have nothing to do with him.

Li Er just looked at Du Shaoqing without saying anything, and suddenly laughed after a long time.

"Do you know what I admire most?"

Du Shaoqing was slightly surprised. Looking at the other party's smile, he stood back unnaturally, "Your Majesty, I am not a manly person..."

I... almost vomited blood with one sentence, and I held back a lot of words. I was so angry that I came over and kicked Du Shaoqing and scolded: "I'm not a manly person either!"

Then he said calmly: "I love you not only because I love talent, but not just because you are my son-in-law, but because you know how to advance and retreat, never be arrogant because of talent, and even have no desire for power. There are too few people who can do this."

"Don't you always scold me for not doing my job properly and not seeking progress?" Du Shaoqing quipped.

"Everyone has his own ambitions, and he cannot force him." Li Er sighed.

Then I stopped chatting and talked about the war, "I don't agree with the destruction of Goguryeo. The war between the two countries is not a joke, and you also know the principle that war will lead to death.

You can start a war at any cost for brotherly love and a bet, but as an emperor, I will never use my weapons to waste the people and cause money.

The Tang Dynasty has had enough wars in recent years. The territory has expanded too quickly, and governance is a problem. Therefore, five years of peaceful development is not empty talk, and there will be no war again within at least two years."

Du Shaoqing was stunned and said anxiously: "If you don't agree to the war to destroy the country, what should I do if my third brother Du He and his sister Chengyang?

Otherwise, you nodded and agreed to this marriage, that's fine, and you can save money if you don't fight."

Li Eryi thought it was wrong, then it turned out that you kid threatened me to marry my daughter by fighting?

"Marriage? Since the bet is established, it cannot be changed. Jun Wu jokingly. Du He can't do it, he can only blame him for not having this blessing."

"This is not right. You agreed to destroy the country in three years. But now, we want to destroy the country and make meritorious service and marry a wife. You have been making trouble for a long time. This is a unilateral bet, deliberately teasing us brothers and two of us? Just say you don't want to marry your daughter?"

Seeing his son-in-law complaining, Li Er's face turned abrupt and scolded: "How do you speak?"

I am the emperor, how could I tease the court officials?

The conditions for the contract were proposed by you, and you didn’t find any problems at that time, and now you don’t want to? There is no clause in our bet to help you promote the destruction of the country.”

It’s over, Du Shaoqing is a mute person who is suffering from Coptis chinensis. This old father-in-law is too difficult to deal with. Isn’t this a cheat?

"If you don't have anything else, then forget it. The queen is about to be ready. I will rush out of the palace to see my granddaughter. By the way, you can go with you to visit your house. You can't do it if you don't cook a few good dishes yourself." As he said that, Li Er was about to walk out.

Du Shaoqing was in a panic. He was on the string in front of him, but he was stuck here. Where did he have the intention to cook? Besides, you have been visiting other ministers’ homes many times. Are they the ministers cooking in person?

Seeing that the emperor was about to step out of the Lizheng Hall, Du Shaoqing gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and shouted, "Wait a minute, if I could destroy Goguryeo without the need for the people and the Tang Dynasty? Can you agree to start the war?"

oh?

Li Er stopped and turned around and said disdainfully: "Boy, I know you are capable and smart, but wars are different from other things. The battle to destroy a country is not a shopping mall transaction. Even if I personally raise 200,000 troops, I dare not say that I will definitely be able to destroy a country in one battle.

Not to mention a group of young boys on the northeastern border, without the need for one soldiers and one soldiers in the Tang Dynasty to destroy Goguryeo, wouldn’t the former Emperor Daye of Sui be so shameless?

It’s useless to brag with me. If you really can destroy the country without using the power of the Tang Dynasty, you don’t have to report to me. I am willing to see that there are such powerful talents in the Tang Dynasty to help wipe out the world.”

"Okay, one word is certain. If someone participates in the future on the grounds that we have raised troops for no reason, Your Majesty should not forget to say it today. I have asked for instructions, Your Majesty agreed." Du Shaoqing cut off the railway.

Li Er didn't believe it at all, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, as long as I don't work hard, I'll do whatever you want to do. Do you really think war is a joke?

One bet hasn't been played yet, and now I have decided another one. Who is amusing?

Let's go quickly. I only had one day off for ten days, and I was delayed by you for another hour."

"What if I could borrow 200,000 troops from various alien races north of Goguryeo? Can I destroy the country?" Du Shaoqing said softly as if he had regained his confidence.

You... Li Er was stunned, his mind turned sharply, as if he was deducing the feasibility of his son-in-law's words. Gradually, the face of this long-standing emperor changed and became more and more serious.

After a long time, Li Er asked seriously: "Are you kidding? You really want to borrow troops from aliens?"

"The original plan was that I would do my best to prepare for logistics, and I would like to borrow 100,000 yuan from the Tang Dynasty warriors to help fight a war of destruction. I neglected that His Majesty loved the people as much as his son, so I could only choose him again.

You are right. The lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty cannot be damaged at will. Then borrow soldiers from foreign races. The 200,000 foreign race soldiers. Although the equipment and literacy are a little inferior, they cannot match the 100,000 Tang warriors, but their victory is that they are too many people to consume them, and they should be able to use them.

Even if we fail to achieve our full results in the end, we will only lose some money and food for us."

Li Erbiao glanced at the somewhat arrogant son-in-law and scolded: "But some money and food? You are really rich. Goguryeo is not the vulnerable Gaochang. You have to spend at least three times the price to attack Gaochang. Although your Du Family Chamber of Commerce invested, isn't it the money of the Tang Dynasty?

Boy, you are really stubborn. Even if you can really borrow 200,000 troops and take this strategy of driving the tiger and swallowing wolf, how can you guarantee the land they can spit out after the matter is completed?

You should know that the alien races in the north are not easy to use. Who is not envious of the powerful Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo?

Then, it is easy to ask God for a chance to send God to God. The Goguryeo you have won is divided up. Wouldn’t you be the one who pays for the money be used as a wedding dress for others?”

Who knew that Du Shaoqing laughed out loud, "Your Majesty, my father-in-law, if there was really that time, you wouldn't have been watching your son-in-law make a fool of yourself like today, right?
To be continued...